Reynolds Metals Company

Hmt, Inc.

Conservatek Industries, Inc.

John Randolph Kissell

Glen A Taylor

Kurt P Thompson

Roman Wolchuk

Adam D Matteo

Brian J Malloy

John J Ahlskog

George B Tyler

Richard F Anderson

Satyajit Dilip Bagul

Robert L Ferry

A batten bar is configured to secure first and second adjacent flat panels to a structural framework. The batten bar includes first and second inside legs, first and second outside legs, and a plurality of apertures disposed along the length of the batten bar. The first and second inside legs define a central channel. The first outside leg and the first inside leg define a first seal recess configured to receive and retain a first seal. The second outside leg and the second inside leg define a second seal recess configured to receive and retain a second seal. In an installed configuration, the first inside leg and the first outside leg are configured to contact the first flat panel along a first common plane, and the second inside leg and second outside leg contact the second panel along a second common plane.

Batten bar assembly

A light-weight, corrosion-resistant, readily installed bridge deck is formed of modular deck panels spliced to each other on site. Each of the deck panels is shop-fabricated by longitudinally welding flanges of adjacently placed multi-void extruded aluminum alloy structural elements. Transfer splices of longitudinally adjacent elongate elements are made by providing shear elements connecting individual elongate structural elements of each deck panel end-to-end prior to longitudinal welding of adjacent elongate elements, with the end joints between the elongate elements being arrayed in a staggered manner. A safety rail system is mounted to run alongside and above outer edges of the finished bridge deck mounted to a system of support girders.

Curb and safety rail system for a bridge deck

Modular bridge deck system including hollow extruded aluminum elements

Modular bridge deck system consisting of hollow extruded aluminum

The invention is directed to a cover which is supported or suspended from a self-supporting, open air framework constructed over a vessel. The cover is sealed to the vessel.

Triangulated frame supported flat cover

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Durham, NC, United States of America

John Randolph Kissell